Is Zirc CLEANER than Ti?
So we all know that biofilm is a contributor to peri-implantitis. The higher the propensity of a material to accumulate bacteria, the more likely you…
Month: November 2022
Implant in the Sinus? Sleep it off ????
Who knew sleeping could be a surgical technique? In this case, from Spain, a patient had 6 implants placed in the maxillary arch in preparation…
Severely Malpositioned Implant
Literature Bites ???? Bringing you interesting tips from academic literature. Today’s Case: Implant placed with a severe facial angulation So, this is the kind of…
CBCT Course Takeaways
Some time ago, I attended a course titled, “Cone Beam Radiography: A Certification Program for Dentists” at UNLV taught by James Mah and Robert Danforth.…
Insertion Torque
If you’re like most dentists, you’d like to implement evidenced-based dental techniques in your practice, but don’t have any time to go searching through and…
Socket Grafting: Valuable or Voodoo?
Maybe you’ve been there. Your patient needs an extraction and you also tell them that they also need bone grafting in the socket because “it…
But what if I have to take an implant out? (My favorite tools)
Learning and feeling comfortable placing implants can be a fun process, but what happens if you have an implant fail? Or you just see a…
The Decompression Technique
Hey guys I want to share this thing called the Decompression Technique. My friend, @dr_mataria_dds brought it to my attention and there is a great…